At the root of Cohen’s novel is a successful woman who has always been focused on her career, meticulously preparing for every challenge in life, until she’s faced with an unplanned pregnancy in her late 40s and the possibility of carrying a rare gene for early onset Alzheimer’s disease. Read More
Dan Dwyer - “Time Stands Still” drills down to what’s most important in life. Nicole Ricciardi directs with an invisible, assured hand. Read More
J. Peter Bergman - The combination here of creative artists, one and all, has given us some amazing theater and a large, gooey table of food for thought. Read More
J. Peter Bergman - It is a very enjoyable evening of history/comedy with enough honest laughter to make you wish for just one more gag, or one more funny truth to come along. Read More
Rochelle O'Gorman - This week we have two memoirs, a short story collection and a novel set during the Civil War. Read More
Elizabeth Nelson - “I’m on an adventure,” he said, smiling broadly. He blew a bubble. It popped with a snap and I saw the waitress watching us. Read More
Dook Snyder - As increasing numbers of our friends and neighbors and children die at the hands of those who wield weapons of war, Waldman offers a wise and unfortunately essential look at how we got here. Read More
Rochelle O'Gorman - This is a good week for audiobooks, as each of these nonfiction titles are well worth hearing. Read More
Dan Dwyer - The Merry Wives of Windsor By William Shakespeare Directed by Kevin G. Coleman The weather gods didn’t bless the late August, midweek evening I attended “The Merry Wives of Windsor” at Shakespeare & Company. The Roman Garden Theatre setting, particularly radiant in late summer when the early evening sun has its intense pre-autumn glow, didn’t […] Read More
Dan Dwyer - If anyone is put off by opera, “Don Pasquale” — written by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti and first performed in 1843 — is Intro to Opera 101. Read More
David Noel Edwards - Difford and Tilbrook have written many great songs together, but their Billboard chart history tells an incomplete story of their successes. Read More
